Notable & Quotable: What China Censors

Posts that mention collective action such as a gathering or protest are often censored, even if they support the government.

Aug. 26, 2014 7:24 p.m. ET

Charles Q. Choi writing at popularmechanics.com, Aug. 21:

The Chinese government has implemented what watchdog group Freedom House calls "the most elaborate system for Internet content control in the world," deploying hundreds of thousands of people to control the flow of information in China. In previous research, political scientist Jennifer Pan at Harvard University and her colleagues analyzed more than 11...